Unit8 When is your birthday
第四课时 3a-3b Self Check
教学目标
1. Get the students to have a clear idea of the moths names.
2. Revise the Engli ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sh way of saying numbers. Have the students make a calendar card by themselves.
教学内容
Revise the Englis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h way of saying numbers. Have the students make a calendar card by themselves.
重点难点
Have the students make a calendar card by themselves.
教学过程
I. Warming-up and revision
When is your birthday
When is your father’s birthday
When is your best friend’s birthday
II. Work on 3a
Get the students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )look at the pictures on P48 and translate the names and write them below.
Drill: ask student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to work in pairs. Your job is to get the best of the information from your partner.
III．Work on 3b
T: Write your own n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ote to a friend. Invite him\her to an activity in your school. Use the questions to help you.
What is your friend’s name
What does your friend like to do
What activity do you have in your school
When is the activity？
Ⅳ．Work on Self check
Ask students to take turns reading the five sentences to the class.
Ⅴ. Homework
1. Listen and read after the tape for thirty minutes.
2. Review all the new words and key sentences.
3. Get ready for Quiz 8.Unit8 When is your birthday
第二课时 2d-3c grammar Focus
教学目标
1．Get the students to learn some new expressions.
2．Get the students to learn to to talk about dates.
教学内容
New words: happy, Happy birthday!, old , How old… party , See you! first , second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, twentieth
New sentences:
--How old are you
--I’m …
Do you want to come to my birthday party
重点难点
New words: first, second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, twentieth
New sentences:
--How old are you
--I’m …
教学步骤
I. Warming- up and revision
Greeting (Say hello between the teacher and the Ss)
Divide the class into Group A and B. Draw two baby birds on the blackboard as their symbols, tell the students that each time they answer questions right, they can get one or more points for their group and draw one or more clouds below their bird, at the end of the class, the group which gets more clouds will be the winner today. Say, “One, two, three!” Get the whole class sit straight, thus announce the beginning of the competition
Review introduction
Play the “Word train” game. Get a group of students ask and answer questions one by one.
T: Good morning. I’m Diana. When is your birthday
S1: My birthday is May 22nd..
(Then S1 turn around and greet S2 in the same way.)
II. Presentation
T: Boys and girls, let’s play a guessing game, “When is your birthday ” OK
Show the students pictures of some famous persons like Jay Zhou, Liu Xiang, etc, let them guess the birthday of these persons by using the following sentences:
His birthday is ……
I think His birthday is…
III. Role-play the conversation in 2e
Ⅳ Summary
learn the ordinal numbers and find out the rule by themselves
基数词 序数词 序数词缩写 基数词 序数词 序数词缩写
one first lst Twenty-three Twenty-third 23rd
two second 2nd Thirty thirtieth 30th
three third 3rd Forty fortieth 40th
five fifth 5th Fifty fiftieth 50th
eight eighth 8th Sixty Sixtieth 60th
nine ninth 9th seventy seventieth 70th
twelve twelfth 12th eight)r eightieth 80th
twenty twentieth 20th ninety ninetieth 90th
twenty-one Twenty-first 21st hundred hundredth lOOth
twenty-two twenty-second 22nd
look at the dates in the calendar, ask the Ss to express the dates in English
talk about the date of the festivals
Ⅴ．Grammar Focus
Ⅵ.Work on 3a
Ⅶ.Work on 3b
Ⅷ Homework
1. Listen and read after the tape for thirty minutes.
2. Recite the second conversation of Section A, 2c.
3. Write down the Chinese meaning of the new words and key sentences, then translate them into English.Unit8 When is your birthday
第一课时 1a-2c
教学目标
1.Get students to learn to use When questions, possessive “s” and How old are you
2.Teach students to learn the months of the year and ordinal numbers1-31.
3.Get students to learn to talk about dates.
教学内容
New words: when, month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, happy, Happy birthday!
New sentences:
—When is your birthday
—My birthday is…
重点难点
Words: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December,
Sentences:
—When is your birthday
—My birthday is…
教学步骤
I. Warming-up and revision
1. Listen to the birthday song, get the Ss to sing together.
2. Divide the class into Group A and B. Draw two fishes on the blackboard as their symbols, tell the students that each time they answer questions right, they can get one or more points for their group and draw one or more bubbles around their fish, at the end of the class, the group which gets more bubbles will be the winner today. Say, “One, two, three!” Get the whole class sit straight, thus announce the beginning of the competition.
3. Review the unit 7. Show some key sentences in Chinese on the screen, have students translate them into English, get a student from each group to come to the front and write down their answers on the blackboard, then check the answers, each correct sentence will earn a point for the group.
II. Presentation
Teacher says: , “When is my birthday My birthday is March 12th.” Get the students to answer, “My birthday is …” Then teacher says, “It’s a good / nice answer. I like your answer.”
On the screen show There are 12 months in a year. They are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
Show the question “When is your birthday ” Underline “when”, tell the students that it means “what time …”.
III. Listening drills (1)
Do Section A, 1b, listen and number the conversations (1-3).
Show the picture on page 1 on the screen with no words on it. Get student to listen to the tape and try to repeat the sentences in the conversations, each correct sentence will earn a point for the group.
IV. Pair-work.
Get the students listen to the conversations again and repeat after the tape, then work in groups, practice the conversations with the partners.
Have some students come to the front and show their own conversation, then make a comment on it (praise the students first) and give 2 to 4 points to their group.
V. Listening drills (2)
Do Section A, 2a. Listen and repeat.
Do Section A, 2b.Listen and circle the numbers you hear in 2a.
Do Section A, 2c. Listen again, match the names ,months and dates.
Listen for the last time.
VI. Homework
1. Listen and read after the tape for thirty minutes.
2. Recite the conversation of Section A, 2d.
3. Write down the Chinese meaning of the new words and key sentences, then translate them into English.Unit8 When is your birthday
第三课时 1a-2c
教学目标
1. Review the ordinal numbers.
2. Have the students talk about the date of the events.
教学内容
New words: test, tri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )p, art, festival, dear, student, thing, term, busy, time, Have a good time!
重点难点
test, trip, art, fest ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ival, dear, student, thing, term, busy, time, Have a good time!
Talk about the activities and the dates.
教学步骤
I. Warming-up and revision
1. Review the ordinal numbers
2. Revision
II. Presentation
1. Review what we learnt yesterday
When is your birthday
When is your father’s birthday
When is your best friend’s birthday
2. Talk about the events in section B:1a
English test, school trip, party, basketball game
V. Work on 1a
point out the four ne ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w expressions in the box. Say each one and ask students to repeat.
Match the pictures with the events.
VI．Work on 1b
T: Now you wi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll hear a conversation about the pictures. Listen carefully .
Ⅶ．Work on 1c
T: now you will hear the conversations again..
Play the tape then check the answers.
Ⅷ Pair work
--When is Sally’s birthday party
--It’s on October 5th.
Ⅸ Work on 2a
Check the activities you have at your school.
soccer game school trip School Day book sale
English Day art festival Sports Day party
Ⅹ Read the school notice and list the activities and the dates.
Then discuss the questions with your partner in 2c.
Ⅺ. Homework
1. Listen and read after the tape for thirty minutes.
2. Recite the notice of Section B, 2b.
3. Write down the C ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hinese meaning of the new words and sentences, translate them into English.
